Governments could once force women to take only their husband's nationality, says Maarten Vink of Maastricht University.

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Dutch researchers, led by professor Mark Post of Maastricht University, are promising a high-profile launch for their synthetic hamburger by the end of the year.

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Maastricht University in the Netherlands, which runs many courses in English, has reported a large increase in applications from Britain, with 400 applying compared with only 35 in 2010.

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On the first, Harald Benink of Maastricht University and George Benston of Emory University told the conference that deposit guarantees should be explicitly confined to accounts paying a relatively low rate of interest, and that these insured deposits should be more than fully backed by safe liquid assets (such as treasury bills and commercial paper).

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Dr Cathelijne van Heteren from University Hospital Maastricht said the study showed foetuses had both short and long-term memories.

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